Umongo wethambo lomntu uvelisa malunga neeseli zegazi ezingama-500 eebhiliyoni ngosuku, ezijoyina ukujikeleza kwegazi nge-sinusoids yemithambo yegazi ekwaziyo ukungena ngaphakathi kwi-medullary cavity. Zonke iintlobo zeeseli ze-hematopoietic, kuquka zombini i-myeloid kunye ne-lymphoid lineages, zidalwe kumongo wethambo; nangona kunjalo, iiseli ze-lymphoid kufuneka zifudukele kwezinye izitho ze-lymphoid (umz. i-thymus) ukuze zigqibezele ukuvuthwa.
Ibala leGiemsa libala legazi eliqhelekileyo kwiimvavanyo zegazi ezingaphandle kunye neesampuli ze-bone marrow. Ibala le-Erythrocytes lipinki, iiplatelets zibonisa umbala opinki okhanyayo, amabala e-lymphocyte cytoplasm aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, amabala e-monocyte cytoplasm aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kunye namabala e-leukocyte nuclear chromatin magenta.
Igama lesayensi: i-smear ye-bone marrow yomntu
Udidi: iislayidi ze-histology
Inkcazo ye-smear ye-bone marrow yomntu: